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Birth Control Not Used Before Pregnancy, Had Problems Getting It When Needed* | |||||||||||
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | |||||||||||
No | Yes | ||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | CI | % | CI | ||||||
Total | 3,575** | 93.5 | 89.1 | - | 96.2 | 6.5 | 3.8 | - | 10.9 | ||
Age | |||||||||||
<20 years | 220** | 87.9 | 69.5 | - | 95.9 | 12.1 | 4.2 | - | 30.5 | ||
20-24 years | 1,559** | 93.9 | 85.2 | - | 97.7 | 6.1 | 2.3 | - | 14.9 | ||
25-34 years | 1381** | 93.9 | 86.4 | - | 97.4 | 6.1 | 2.6 | - | 13.6 | ||
35+ years | 414** | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | ||
Mother's Race | |||||||||||
White | 3,466** | 93.3 | 88.7 | - | 96.1 | 6.7 | 3.9 | - | 11.3 | ||
Black | 41** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||
Other | 67** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||
Hispanic Origin | |||||||||||
Yes | 62** | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | ||
No | 3,496** | 93.5 | 89.0 | - | 96.2 | 6.6 | 3.8 | - | 11.0 | ||
Education | |||||||||||
< High School | 597** | 91.4 | 73.3 | - | 97.6 | 8.6 | 2.4 | - | 26.7 | ||
High School | 1,554** | 93.5 | 86.2 | - | 97.1 | 6.5 | 2.9 | - | 13.9 | ||
>High School | 1,372** | 94.4 | 87.1 | - | 97.7 | 5.6 | 2.3 | - | 12.9 | ||
Marital Status | |||||||||||
Married | 1,717** | 98.8 | 93.5 | - | 99.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | - | 6.5 | ||
Other | 1,857** | 89.9 | 82.9 | - | 94.3 | 10.1 | 5.7 | - | 17.1 | ||
Income | |||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 1,463** | 89.2 | 80.4 | - | 94.3 | 10.8 | 5.7 | - | 19.6 | ||
$15,000-24,999 | 526** | 94.2 | 81.1 | - | 98.7 | 5.8 | 1.6 | - | 18.9 | ||
$25,000-49,999 | 1,019** | 97.0 | 86.3 | - | 99.4 | 3.0 | 0.6 | - | 13.7 | ||
$50,000 or more | 566** | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | ||
Enrolled in WIC | |||||||||||
No | 1,926** | 94.7 | 87.5 | - | 97.9 | 5.3 | 2.2 | - | 12.6 | ||
Yes | 1,625** | 93.1 | 86.2 | - | 96.7 | 6.9 | 3.4 | - | 13.8 | ||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | |||||||||||
No | 1,212** | 98.1 | 90.1 | - | 99.6 | 2.0 | 0.4 | - | 9.9 | ||
Yes | 2,362** | 91.5 | 85.4 | - | 95.2 | 8.5 | 4.8 | - | 14.6 | ||
Infant's birth weight | |||||||||||
<2500 grams | 262** | 94.5 | 90.5 | - | 96.8 | 5.5 | 3.2 | - | 9.5 | ||
2500 grams or more | 3,312** | 93.4 | 88.6 | - | 96.3 | 6.6 | 3.7 | - | 11.4 | ||
NOTES: | |||||||||||
Population size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital Statistics System unless otherwise noted. | |||||||||||
Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations. | |||||||||||
*Survey Question 14e: What were your or your husband's or partner's reasons for not doing anything | |||||||||||
to keep from getting pregnant? | I had problems getting birth control when I needed it | ||||||||||
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS. | |||||||||||
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2007 birth file. | |||||||||||
# There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this group, therefore | |||||||||||
percent is not reported. | |||||||||||
CI = 95% Confidence Interval | |||||||||||